Affiliation:
1. Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Sheffield University, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, UK
Abstract
We present a simple model which can account for the electrical response characteristics of an Electrorheological (ER) parallel plate valve restrictor. We find that a self-consistent electrical model which can describe the current response to transient and biased sine wave voltage exitations must incorporate the non-linear dependence of current on voltage found at steady state. In addition, the steady state current characteristics are a function of the fluid flow rate. This can be described analytically and included in the model. Analytical solutions show that non-linearity affects the detailed shape of the current response to large voltage inputs. The initial current response is well described by a numerical solution to the model differential equation using the experimental voltage as input. In the case of the relatively small fluctuations involved in the sine wave experiments, a linearised form of this model is found to be an adequate approximation. Parameters are obtained for the model which are, within a generous margin of error, independent of valve dimension.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
Cited by
11 articles.
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